The Cold Marquis's Beautiful Bride (Reborn)

Upcoming novels: After Marrying the Imperial Uncle for the Second Time, I Became Empress; My Lady's Guard Is Her Lover; Gentle Entanglement. Please add them to your reading lists. Gu Xingying was born with a slender waist and a lovely face, her beauty as radiant as spring flowers. After her family fell into decline, she went to live with her fiance's family in the capital. Her fiance looked down on her humble background and wanted to marry his better-born cousin instead, but he coveted Gu Xingying's beauty and wanted to keep her as a concubine. Gu Xingying took the initiative and broke off the engagement. She thought she had escaped the marquis's household, but never imagined that the Jingyuan Marquis had set his sights on her. An accident brought her and the Jingyuan Marquis together intimately. The man wanted to take responsibility, but she feared the schemes within the marquis's household and kept her distance. Yet he continued to pursue her, so she decided to pretend to become engaged to a cousin she had reunited with after many years, hoping to put an end to his pursuit. Who knew that not long afterward, her cousin would be imprisoned? She went to the man for help. He drew her into his arms, and she gave in. After their reckless tryst, the man's callused fingers pressed hard against her red lips. His eyes were stubborn and feverishly possessive. "You think getting engaged will let you escape me? If I want you, then even if you marry my own younger brother, I'll still take you for myself." Jiang Yuhan, the Jingyuan Marquis, held power over the court, yet kept his distance from women. He was known for his cold, ruthless nature. At twenty-six, he was still unmarried. What outsiders didn't know was that he often dreamed of a woman, and the sensations in those dreams consumed him. Only when Gu Xingying came to his household did he realize that the woman in his dreams was his future younger sister-in-law. After learning that his younger brother had someone else in his heart, he began to plot. A twist of fate brought her to him, and he had already decided to marry her. But she rejected him, saying she still had feelings for his second younger brother. Jiang Yuhan didn't realize she was lying, so he gave up the idea of marrying her, though he still couldn't resist wanting to be near her. Later, he heard that she was to be engaged to someone else. Only then did he realize he had been played. Jiang Yuhan crushed his jade thumb ring, his violent, frenzied possessiveness completely overwhelming his reason. She had already given herself to him. How could she marry someone else? He forced her to beg him of her own accord. Little by little, the proud woman stripped away her armor before him. Every word he spoke was a threat: "If you dare marry someone else again, I'll lock you away. You'll belong to me alone for the rest of your life." Just as in their previous life. A gentle, resilient beauty VS a cold, obsessive, cunning, devoted marquis Warnings: The heroine is 16 from the start, and the hero is 26. Both are virgins, one-on-one romance, sweet and indulgent. Romance-focused. The hero turns dark later on, and the former fiance gets his comeuppance. The setting is entirely fictional, so don't try to match it to history. Upcoming novel After Marrying the Imperial Uncle for the Second Time, I Became Empress. If you're interested, my dears, please add it to your reading list. http://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=2953733 Jiang Nong was the youngest daughter of the Duke of Qin. With cherry-red lips and breathtaking natural beauty, she was as lovely as a peach blossom and hailed as the Pearl of Jing. When she was three, the imperial family arranged for her to become the crown prince's consort, and she was to marry into the Eastern Palace once she came of age. At sixteen, on her wedding night, she waited in vain for the crown prince. Instead, Zong Lie, the Prince of Xuan, arrived covered in blood. He lifted her red veil, and Jiang Nong gasped, "Why is it you?" The man's lips curled into a cold smile as he pinched her chin. "I took ten cities in seven days just so I could make it back in time to lift your veil myself on your wedding night." Jiang Nong trembled with fear. "Imperial Uncle..." His cold, stern eyes fixed on her full, vivid cherry-red lips. He cut her off roughly. "Don't call me Imperial Uncle. I want to be your husband." That night, her bright red wedding dress was torn to shreds, and in the end she couldn't escape his clutches. The new emperor ascended the throne with no consorts in his harem. Outsiders assumed the new emperor had no interest in women. Only those in the palace knew that a peerlessly beautiful woman was imprisoned in Fengyin Palace. The emperor doted on her without restraint, indulging her until she grew willful and spoiled. One day, she opened her little mouth and spat a cherry pit onto the emperor's brand-new dragon robe. But the emperor didn't mind. He pulled her into his arms and laughed. "Did the cherries taste good, Nongnong? Let me have a taste." With that, he kissed her cherry-red lips, even more alluring than the fruit. When he let her go, the emperor's lips were bitten and bleeding, yet he laughed. "So sweet." Half a year later, the ministers once again proposed selecting consorts, and to everyone's surprise, the new emperor agreed. At the same time, the Duke of Qin took in an adopted daughter, and the emperor issued an edict making her empress. On the emperor and empress's wedding night, the empress peeked out from beneath the hibiscus curtains, her face flushed. Her breathtaking beauty was exactly the same as that of the former crown princess. Theme: Walk hand in hand toward a beautiful future.